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Building Connections: Universities, Governments, Commerce

Collaborations on behalf of students. Building Connections: Universities, Governments, Commerce. Gregory B. Fairchild E. Thayer Bigelow Professor University of Virginia, Darden. Learning and Working. Collaborative curriculum development Integrated learning exercises

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Building Connections: Universities, Governments, Commerce

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  1. Collaborations on behalf of students Building Connections: Universities, Governments, Commerce • Gregory B. Fairchild • E. Thayer Bigelow Professor • University of Virginia, Darden

  2. Learning and Working • Collaborative curriculum development • Integrated learning exercises • Internships and cooperative Ed • Research centers • Incubated businesses

  3. The Wake-Up Call for the US • 1994 School to Work Opportunities Act

  4. Four collaborative models School Based Employer Based Learn and Stay Learn and Go

  5. Evolutionary Human Capital • Investment in the whole person

  6. The firm perspective: Why Invest? • Gary Becker: General versus Specific Human Capital Philanthropy/Altruism Firm Self-Interest Collective Self-Interest

  7. The Academy perspective: Why Invest? • Natural tension between relevance and critique Relevance to Academy Relevance to employers • Utility for employment • Recognized partner • Can enhance Capacity • Who owns content? • Generalizability of Theory • New models/conceptions • Role as Critics • Is Education for Career?

  8. The student perspective: Why Invest? • Portable versus local investments • Distinctions between learning and career • School-based enterprises can seem temporal • Investment-to-Utility mindset • Pay me now or pay me later

  9. Four Exemplars School Based Employer Based Learn and Stay Learn and Go

  10. Barriers • Clarity of Objectives • Difference in Language • Student demand, Program Supply • Parental, familial, cultural support

  11. Recommendations • Convert existing low-skill jobs into Learn and Go Work-Based Learning • Create more firm-based Learn and Stay Work Based Learning in industries that demand high skills • Expand in school Work Based Learning through School-based enterprises

  12. Questions? • Fairchild@Virginia.edu

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